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William R. "Wil" Lindauer Jr

William R. "Wil" Lindauer Jr

Dec 23, 2016

William R. "Wil" Lindauer, Jr., 59, of Pottstown passed away Friday, December 23rd in the Phoenixville Hospital of natural causes. Wil was born in Pottstown, the son of William R. Lindauer, Sr., of St. Petersburg Florida and the late Frances (Milles) Lindauer. Wil graduated from Pottstown High School in 1975 and attended West Chester University. Wil was formerly employed by...

Joseph B. Krall

Joseph B. Krall

Dec 22, 2016

Joseph B. Krall, 65, of Womelsdorf, passed away suddenly on Thursday, December 22nd in the Lebanon V A Medical Center in Lebanon of natural causes. Born in Reading, he was the son of Joan (McMullen) Krall Asherfield of Exeter Twp. and the late Floyd Krall. Joseph was a 1969 graduate of Twin Valley High School and served his country in...

Robert D. Evans Sr

Robert D. Evans Sr

Dec 19, 2016

Robert D. Evans, Sr., 84, of Bernville passed away Monday, December 19th in the Reading Hospital. He was married for fifty four years to Janice G. (Kramer) Evans. Born in Pottsville, he was the son of the late Frederic and Anna (Leonard) Evans. He was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church in Bernville. He served in the Army during the...

Myrtle F. Parker

Myrtle F. Parker

Dec 19, 2016

Myrtle F. Parker, 105, formerly of Temple, passed away Monday, December 19th in Manor Care in Laureldale. Born in Baumstown, she was the daughter of the late Francis A. Dietrich and Mary Ellen (Sieger) Dietrich. She was formerly employed as a sales clerk by Lechleitners Candy Store and W. T. Grant Co. , both in Reading, and Dutch Maid Bakery...

William R. "Billy" Becker Sr

William R. "Billy" Becker Sr

Dec 12, 2016

William R. "Billy" Becker, Sr., 62, of Blandon passed away Monday December 12th of natural causes in his residence. Born in Reading, he was the son of Donald Becker of Blandon and the late Jean (Gift) Becker. He was a member of Maidencreek Church in Blandon. He graduated from Fleetwood High School. He served in the U. S. Marines. He...

Theodore W. Kurtyka

Theodore W. Kurtyka

Nov 29, 2016

Theodore W. Kurtyka, 80, a life time residence of Muhlenberg township died Tuesday evening at the Rittenhous Living Center. He was the husband of Barbara A. (Forlini) Kurtyka. They shared a loving marriage of fifty-eight years. He was born in West Reading on November 30, 1935. He was the son of the late John F. and Julia (Sowa) Kurtyka. Surviving...

Ward G. Miller

Ward G. Miller

Nov 27, 2016

Ward G. Miller 95, formerly of Temple died Sunday at 7:35 A.M. in the Berkshire Center, Exeter Township. He was the widower of Ethel (Nonemaker) Miller, who died May 3, 2009. Ward was born in Reading on May 16, 1921. He was the son of the late Harry and Martha (Zweibel) Miller. Surviving are three sons, Douglass of Reading; Glen...

Gail R. (Eberly)  Holzman

Gail R. (Eberly) Holzman

Nov 27, 2016

Gail R. Holzman, 61, of Upper Tulpehocken Twp., passed away Sunday, November 27th in her residence. Gail was married to Kerry L. Holzman. Gail and Kerry celebrated forty years of marriage on September 11th. Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of Raeu L. Eberly of Newmanstown and the late Dorothy J. (Frysinger) Eberly. Gail graduated from ELCO High...

Helen Tobias

Helen Tobias

Nov 23, 2016

Helen (Morganti) Tobias, 94, formerly of Fleetwood, passed away Wednesday, November 23rd in the Lutheran Home At Topton. Helen was married to the late Daniel R. Tobias who passed away April 20, 1973. Born in Muhlenberg Twp., she was the daughter of the late David and May Morganti. Helen was a devoted member of St. Mary's Church in Kutztown. Helen...

Clarence A. Koch

Clarence A. Koch

Nov 19, 2016

Clarence A. "Tiny" Koch 86 of Heidelberg Township died Saturday evening in the Reading Hospital. He was the husband of Dorothy I. (Barr) Koch. They had shared a marriage of sixty five years. Clarence was born in Wernersville on March 4, 1930. He was the son of the late Adam H. and Helen (Fitterling) Koch. Surviving in addition to his...

Norman J. DeLong

Norman J. DeLong

Nov 18, 2016

Norman J. DeLong, 85, of Bernville, passed away Friday, November 18th in the Reading Hospital. Norman was married to Janice J. (Groff) DeLong for sixty four years. He was a devoted Husband, Dad and Pappy. Born on November 11th, 1931 in Perry Twp, he was the son of the late George and Annie (Hoffman) DeLong. He was a member of...

Livio Cagnetti

Livio Cagnetti

Nov 13, 2016

Livio Cagnetti, 83, of Temple passed away Sunday, November 13th in the Reading Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Livio was married to Maria (Iachini) Cagnetti. Livio and Maria were married December 3, 1959 and celebrated fifty seven years and eleven months of marriage. Born in the Marche Region of Italy, he was the son of the late Carmine Cagnetti...

Darlene E. "Mom" Yost

Darlene E. "Mom" Yost

Nov 8, 2016

Darlene E. "Mom" Yost, 77, loving mother and grandmother, of Upper Tulpehocken Twp., passed away Tuesday, November 8th in her residence. Darlene was married to the late James R. "Pop" Yost, Sr. who passed away August 23, 2012. Born in Wanamakers, PA, she was the daughter of the late James Greenawalt, Sr. and Dorothy (Schmoyer) Greenawalt. Darlene graduated from Kutztown...

Larry R. Homan

Larry R. Homan

Nov 6, 2016

Larry R. Homan, 80, of Laureldale, passed away Sunday, November 6th in his residence. Larry was married to Annette F. (Rohrbach) Homan. Born in Greenwich Twp., he was the son of the late Kenneth F. Homan and Myrtle P. (Moyer) Homan. Larry was plant superintendent for Bachman Company for thirty three years. Surviving are two daughters, Yvonne Costa and Cherylann...

Joan A. Bailey

Joan A. Bailey

Nov 6, 2016

Joan A. (Delp) Baily 78 of Temple passed away on Sunday morning at the Rittenhouse after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Temple, she was a daughter of the late William and Magdalena Delp. Before retiring, Joan was employed by Agere Technologies (Lucent and AT&T) for twenty years. Prior to that she worked for the County of Berks in...

Janice J. Brown

Janice J. Brown

Nov 4, 2016

Janice J. Brown 53, of Ontelaunee Township died Friday at 11:23 P.M. in the Reading Hospital. Janice was born in Reading on February 21, 1963. She was the daughter of the late Howard W. and Lillian M. (Duchodni) Brown Surviving are two sons; Airman Andrew P. Brown stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; and Dustin M. Brown living at...

Doris M. Yoder

Doris M. Yoder

Nov 3, 2016

Doris M. (Delp) Yoder 84 of Temple died Thursday in Manor Care, Laureldale where she has resided for the past two years. She was the widow of Arthur W. Yoder who died September 11, 2012. Doris was born in Temple on October 26, 1932. She was the daughter of the late William M. and Maggie H. Delp. Surviving are two...

Jacob L. Lloyd

Jacob L. Lloyd

Oct 30, 2016

Jacob L. Lloyd, 68, of Upper Bern Twp., passed away Sunday, October 30th in Penn State St. Joseph Hospital of natural causes. Jacob was married to the late Joanne C. (Rantuccio) Lloyd who passed away March 13, 2005. Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late Melvin and Ruth (Gromis) Lloyd. Jacob was a self employed antique...

Sandra L. "Sandy" Bagenstose

Sandra L. "Sandy" Bagenstose

Oct 30, 2016

Sandra L. "Sandy" Bagenstose, 66, loving and caring wife, mother, and sister, passed away Sunday, October 30th in the Reading Hospital. Sandy was married to Kenneth A. "Chip" Bagenstose, Sr. for 47 years. Born in Alsace Township, she was the daughter of the late Russell E. Yoder and Ella N. (Keller) Yoder. Sandy graduated from Oley Valley High School in...

Cindy L. Garmer

Cindy L. Garmer

Oct 28, 2016

Cindy L. Garmer, 44, of Robesonia, passed away Friday October 28th in Hershey Medical Center of natural causes. Cindy was married to Robert D. Garmer. Cindy and Robert would be married twenty one years on Thursday. Born in Ephrata, she was the daughter of the late Willard Focht and Lillie (Kindt) Focht. Cindy was formerly employed by the Jefferson Drive...